(Middle East Eye) Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg oversaw a surveillance programme targeting the city’s Muslim community for almost a decade.
This week he will be speaking at the Democratic national convention — an event that has so far focused on pushing back against President Donald Trump’s bigotry and divisiveness.
Muslim-American activists are decrying the former mayor’s scheduled appearance at the party’s convention at a time when Democrats are trying to unify their party around Joe Biden, in order to dismantle Trump’s policies, including the “Muslim ban.”
“For me as a Muslim woman, it’s a total slap in the face,” said Nadia Ahmad, a Muslim-American Democratic delegate.
